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Education & Youth
Where Will the Struggle Lead Kentucky Teachers?
Teachers are resisting an ongoing attack on education in the midst of a deep social crisis in Kentucky.
Group Beloved by Betsy Devos and Koch Brothers Launches Counter-Attack Against Teacher Rebellion
State Policy Network urges groups to fight calls for fair wages.
As Fascists Infiltrate Colleges, Students Want Cops and Racists Out
Students of color often feel threatened by campus cops.
Striking Teachers Offer Real Resistance to Incoherent Republicans and Gutted Democrats
Janus v. AFSCME could deal a massive blow to public unions nationwide.
Teachers in Puerto Rico Demand an End to School Closures and Privatization
Puerto Rico's entire public sector is in peril.
Betsy DeVos Tries to Pit Kids Against Striking Teachers: It’s Just Another Right-Wing Scam
Republicans are opposing a surge of teacher activism and have landed on a familiar strategy and talking point: Pitting striking teachers against their students.
Red-State Teachers Continue to Press Their Demands as Walkouts, Protests Capture Public Support
Teachers in right-to-work states want fully funded schools.
Corporal Punishment Lives On: Students Nationwide Are Being Paddled, Restrained
Corporal punishment reinforces the cycle of violence.
Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Critical Guidance on School Discipline
Critics argue this will feed the school-to-prison pipeline.
Educated Hope in Dark Times: The Challenge of the Educator-Artist as a Public Intellectual
Pedagogies of repression further a modern-day pandemic of loneliness and alienation.